In 2018, a total of nine women came out in public and accused Sajid Khan of sexually harassing them, and since then there has been an uproar on social media. And now filmmaker Sajid Khan's participation in Bigg Boss 16, has again created a controversy.

The actress who had accused Sajid of sexual harassment in the past has come out and spoken against the director and slammed the channel for allowing a #MeToo accused to participate. Netizens on social media have also signed a petition to remove Sajid from the Big Boss house.

Singer, Sona Mohapatra who has always been active and vocal on social media accused Bigg Boss host Salman Khan of allowing Sajid Khan a participant in the show.

Sona Mohapatra

Sona Mohapatra criticises Salman Khan for helping Sajid Khan:' Whitewashing his own toxic masculinity'; netizens react! 

Sona Tweeted, "Whitewashing his own toxic masculinity for eons with #BeingHuman despite being anything but; yes my old foe in twitter wars; #SalmanKhan . Continues the whitewashing in the BRO-HOOD. #SajidKhan . (Btw his gifting watches/food truck/surgeries is only more virtue signalling)."

Her Tweet didn't go down well with Salman Khan's fans, who accused her of seeking attention and getting fame on Salman Khan's name.

A user wrote, "Kab tak Salman Khan k naam pe publicity leti rahogi.." Another user went on to say, ₹50 ki madad kabhi kari h kisi Gareeb ki tujh jaisi ch@pri ne ??? #SalmanKhan Crores Ki Madad karta h Apne country ke logo ke liye, COVID ke time bhi, Surgeries etc."

The third one wrote, "Sona Mohapatra is publicity bhooki. You genuinely want to do for the ladies affected in Metoo movement. Support them financially and personally in their court cases. You just want to hog limelight in name of Salman khan. Everyone does mistakes in life and deserve second chance."

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Earlier this month when the news of Sajid's participation first broke. This isn't the first time Sona has criticised the inclusion of Sajid on Bigg Boss 16. "This is #SajidKhan, now on a reality TV show. Then there is #AnuMalik judging a music reality show on TV, for children no less. #KailashKher? Celebrity Judge on TV. ALL called out by many many women in @IndiaMeToo. Indian TV channels, executives are indeed a depraved and sad lot."

Sajid Khan

Earlier this week, the chief of the Delhi Commission of Women Swati Maliwal wrote to the minister of information and broadcasting, Anurag Thakur in which she urged that Sajid should not be part of the Bigg Boss 16, citing several allegations of sexual misconduct against him.

FWICE has now come out in Sajid's support and has written a letter to the minister of information and broadcasting, Anurag Thakur, stating that Sajid was banned for a year and has already served the punishment.

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